Auriculastra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.
Species
Species in the genus Auriculastra include: Auriculastra acuta Connolly, 1922 Auriculastra aquensis (Tournouër, 1872) † Auriculastra badeniensis Kókay, 2006 † Auriculastra biplicata (Grateloup, 1828) † Auriculastra brachyspira (Möllendorff, 1894) Auriculastra dumasi (Cossmann, 1895) † Auriculastra duplicata (L. Pfeiffer, 1854) Auriculastra gassiesi (Morelet, 1882) Auriculastra hyalina (Morelet, 1883) Auriculastra incrassata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Auriculastra oparica (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Auriculastra ovata (Briart & Cornet, 1887) † Auriculastra radiolata (Morelet, 1860) Auriculastra saccata (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) Auriculastra semiplicata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Auriculastra siamensis (Brandt, 1974) Auriculastra subula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Species brought into synonymy Auriculastra catonis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899): synonym of Auriculastra radiolata (Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym) Auriculastra nana Haas, 1950: synonym of Microtralia ovulum (Pfeiffer, 1840) Auriculastra nevillei (Morelet, 1882): synonym of Auriculastra radiolata (Morelet, 1860) (junior synonym)
References
Nomenclator Zoologicus info
Smith B.J. (1992). Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume 8. xii + 405 pp. Kókay, J. (2006). Nonmarine mollusc fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene, Bakony Mts., W Hungary. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica. 56, 1-196.
External links
Martens E. von. (1880). Mollusken. Pp. 179-353, pl. 19-22 In K. Moebius, F. Richters & E. von Martens, Beiträge zur Meeresfauna der Insel Mauritius und der Seychellen. Berlin: Gutmann Quadras, J. F.; Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1895). Diagnoses specierum novarum ex insulis Philippinis. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 27: 73–88, 105–121, 137–149
